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Investing.com -- Starbucks Corporation’s chief technology officer Deb Hall Lefevre has resigned, according to Reuters, citing an internal memo sent to corporate staff on Monday.
The memo, written by Chief Financial Officer Cathy Smith, stated that Lefevre plans to retire. Ningyu Chen, previously senior vice president of global experience technology, has been appointed as interim chief technology officer.
Lefevre, who joined Starbucks in May 2022 after working as an executive at McDonald’s, was hired to improve the coffee chain’s drive-through, mobile ordering and other systems.
"Our tech priorities aren’t changing," Smith wrote in the memo. "We’re focused on the tech work needed to deliver our Back to Starbucks plan."
The global coffee chain has recently launched several technology initiatives, including an AI-powered automated inventory counter being deployed to all company-owned stores in North America by the end of September.
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